Collar



Jan. 30, 1923.

M, SONNENFELD ET AL- COLLAR F| LED AUG. 7, 1922.

`Patented Jan. 30.1923.

UNITED srarlazs- *PATENT oFFicE..

MARCUSSONNENFELD .AND BENJAMIN SONNENFELD; 0F PHILADJELPHIA, PENN-l SYLVANIA.

COLLAR.

Application mea August 7, 1922. serial No. 579,997.

To all whom. t may concern.'

Be it known that we, MARCUS SONNEN- FELD and BENJAMIN SONNENFELD, both citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to soft collarsvof the turn down type and is particularly useful in connection with detachable collars although it can be employed' in a shirt or other garment having the collar integrally formed thereon.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a soft collar of the turn down type which will be as neat in appearance as the ordinary stiff collar and which will not wrinkle nor become distorted in the wearing. It is also an object of the invention to employ hair cloth in obtaining the foregoing advantages in the manner whichl the collar part turns back over the bandpart due to the constant folding and refolding at this point which occurs practically every time thatl the collar is worn or laundered. As a result the sharp ends of the broken strands of hair project through the outer covering of the collar to the great irritation of the wearers neck and also to the rapid destruction of the cloth forming the outside of the collar. The manner in which we overcome these difficulties Will be disclosed in connection with a descripu tion ofthe accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention.

Fig. l illustrates a1 collar embodying our invention in the position it will assume when being worn; Fig. 2 is a plan of our improved collar with the band and collar part opened out straight and withI sections of the outer cloth layer broken off to illustrate the interior, the colla-r being thrown back so that both sides of theinside hair cloth are illustrated; Fig. 3 is a. section onhthe line 3-3 of Fig. 2 except that the showing is greatly enlarged; and Figs. 4 and 5 are fragmentary views of the hair cloth, Fig. 4 illustra-ting the hair vcloth in the band and Fig. 5 -thc Ahair cloth in the collar or turn down portion; and Fig. 6 illustrates a variation in the manner in which the hair-cloth can be secured.

The collar generally and briefly described comprises the usual band portion B and the turn down collar portion C. The collar is of the type which has become known in the art as the two piece type that is the type in whichjthe band .constitutes one unit and the collar portion another unit, the two units lbeing secured together at adjacent edges.

The band portion is composed of an inside piece o-f cloth 1 turned inwardly at, the ends 1a and the outside piece of cloth 2 also turned inwardly at the ends 2a. The collar portion is composed of an inside piece of cloth 3 turned over at the lower end 3a and an outside piece of cloth 4 also turned over at the lower end 4a. The upper ends of the pieces 3 and 4 are not turned over but are stitched together at 5 and inserted between the folded back ends la and 2il in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3,

A piece of hair cloth 6 isintroduced between the pieces 1 and 2 of the band and a similar piece 7 is introduced between the pieces 3 and 4 of the collar portlon'. T'he warp threads of the hair cloth are designated by the character 8 and they are p referably made of cloth either cotton or linen and the hair cloth is so placed-that they run in the direction of the lengthof the collar. The weft threads 9 are the hair threads and they run in a direction transversely of the collar. This is necessary 1n order to give the proper stilfness.

The hair cloth in the band is turned over at the ends 6a and that in the collar part 1s turned over at the ends 7a and it will be noted that neither piece of hair cloth extends beyond the point at which the bend or fold of the collar is located which is approximately at the point 10. In other 'words the hair cloth terminates short of this bend wherever it is used. This permits of an easy fold and a neat appearance and eli-mijected through the outer coverings of t e collar at the point where the turn is made or at any other point for that matter.

It will be noted that the hair cloth 6 is first turned back and stitched at 11 after which it is secured to the piece 1 by stitching 12. Piece 2 is then secured to piece 1 at a point beyond the end of the hair cloth by means of the stitching 13. The lower end of the cloth 1 as viewed in Fig. 3, namely, the end 1a is Wrapped around the folded 'end of the hair cloth 6 6".

The hair cloth 7 is first folded back and stitched at 14 after which it is secured to the piece 3 by the stitches 15. The lower end of the hair cloth 7 is secured between the turn back ends 3*l and 4, stitching 16 securing the tip ends of the outer covering cloths and stitching 17 securing members 3-3a, 7-7EL and 4-4a together.

The upper ends of the pieces 3 and 4 are then inserted between the turn back ends of the pieces 1 and 2 as above described and the two pieces B and C of the collar secured together by means of the stitching 18.

The construction forms a stiff rib like portion at the upper part of the band just below the turn of the part C which helps to maintain the collar in a stiff and neat -appearing position when worn.

In Figure 6 is illustrated a collar in which the band B is provided with an inner cloth lining strip 33 and the collar part C with a hair-cloth lining 34 which is secured at the upper end to a very short inner cloth band or tape 35. It will thus be seen that the band or tape 35 to which the hair-cloth is fastened may be run over between the sides 3' and 4 into the band portion B. To make the matter more clear it Will-be seen upon reference to Figures 1 to 5 inclusive that the hair-cloth was secured to the cloth strip l in the band portion B by means of the stitching 12 and to the cloth portion 3 in the collar part or turned part C by means of the stitching 15. In the arrangement of this Figure 6 We avoid the necessity of stitching g or securing thel hair-cloth to the cloth po/rtions of the collar at a point independent bf the main marginal run seams.

We claim l. In a soft collar of the two-piece, turndown type, the combination with inside and outside cloth pieces in a piece, of a hair-cloth stiffening ply with the hairs running transversely of the collar and turned over at the edges, and a tape at an edge of the hair-cloth, said tape extending past the turn into the other piecey of the collar.

2. In a turn-down soft collar having band and turn-down units the combination of inside and outside cloth pieces in a unit, haircloth between said pieces terminating short of the turn and having the edge adjacent the turn lfolded back, a tape secured to the hair cloth at said turned edge, said tape extending past the turn into the other unit, and 

